I. Introduction Every educator is confronted with the question of how to effectively test students’ comprehension of material taught. While finding a way for students to demonstrate applied knowledge is preferable, we frequently lack a medium in our disciplines to...
Unit on shevuah she'einah birshuti (Baba Metziah 34B) This unit is designed to demonstrate to students how the Talmud is relevant to the social and economic issues confronting society today. It deals with the sugya of shevuah she'einah birshuti (Baba Metziah 34B)....
This article explores contradictions and tensions between Peshat and Derash. To read the article, click here.
An article taken from A Practical Guide to Torah Learning by Dovid Landesman (Jason Aronson Inc., 1995). Reprinted with permission. To read the article, click here.
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This article is a collection of responses to student questions on Tractate Shabbat, in Hebrew. To read the article, click here.
The Talmudic Meaning of Peshat By: Louis Rabinowitz This article originally appeared in Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Thought, 6:1, 1963. Reprinted here with permission. Abstract: The author of this essay takes a new look at one of the fundamental principles of...
This article originally appeared in Studies in Jewish Education 8 (2002), pp. 53-71. Appears here with permission. In an earlier study, I presented an approach to the teaching of Oral Tradition (OT) literature which varies from existing educational practice in two...
This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 19 #4, 1981. Reprinted here with permission. If being Mayor of New York is the second toughest job in America, teaching Talmud runs a close third. Besides having to present subtle and complex material to students...
Reprinted here with permission. Jewish schools in Israel and the Diaspora dedicate many hours and resources to study of Talmud, but more than seventy percent of all students are still unable to learn a page of Talmud on their own at the end of secondary school...